List of world sports championships
The following is a list of world sports championships, including some sporting events which use a different name with a similar meaning. In some sports, there is a world series, but that term usually has a somewhat different meaning.
Tournaments which are formally defunct or where a further event is not currently planned are marked with a gray background.
Open gender world championship titles
[edit]| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
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| Air racing | Red Bull Air Race World Championship | Individuals | 2003 |  Matt Hall (2019)
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Defunct | Annual | Not held in 2011–2013, discontinued for 2020 |
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| A1 Grand Prix | Nations | 2005–06 |  Republic of Ireland (2008–09)
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Defunct | Annual | ||
| Formula One World Championship | Individuals | 1950 |  Max Verstappen (2023)
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2024 | Annual | ||
| Constructors | 1958 |  Red Bull Racing (2023)
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| FIA World Endurance Championship | Individuals | 2012 |  Brendon Hartley
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2024 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Toyota (2023) | ||||||
| FIA GT1 World Championship | Individuals | 2010 | Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock (2012) |
Defunct | Annual | Annually until 2012 | |
| Teams | Münnich Motorsport (2012) | ||||||
| FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies | Individuals | 1993 |  Nasser Al Attiyah (2021)
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Defunct | Annual | Annually until 2021 | |
| Teams |  Overdrive SA (2021)
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| World Rally-Raid Championship | Individuals | 2023 | Nasser Al Attiyah /  Mathieu Baumel (2023)
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2024 | Annual | Co-sanctioned with FIM; replaced World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies | |
| Teams |  Toyota Gazoo Racing (2022)
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| FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas | Individuals | 2002 | Nasser Al Attiyah / Mathieu Baumel (2023)
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Annual | Baja events split off from cross-country rally competition after original bajas competition was combined with rallies world cup in 2012. | ||
| Teams | Overdrive SA (2021)
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| World Rally Championship | Individuals | 1977 |  Kalle Rovanperä (2023)
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2024 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 1973 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2023)
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| World Touring Car Championship | Individuals | 1987 | Thed Björk (2017) | Defunct | Annual | changed name to the World Touring Car Cup. | |
| Manufacturers | Volvo (2017) | ||||||
| World Touring Car Cup | Individuals | 2018 | Yann Ehrlacher (2021)
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Defunct | Annual | "World Touring Car Cup" was used between 1993 and 1995 when it was a single event. | |
| Teams |  Cyan Racing (2021)
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| World Manufacturers' Championship | Manufacturers | 1925 | Delage (1927) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1927 | |
| World Sportscar Championship | Manufacturers; from 1985 teams |
1953 | Peugeot Talbot Sport (1992) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1992. Resumed as FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| Individuals | 1981 | Yannick Dalmas Derek Warwick (1992) |
Annual | ||||
| Karting World Championship | KZ | 1964 | Nasser Al Thani (2023)
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2024 | Annual | ||
| OK |  Kirill Kutskov (2023)
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Annual | |||||
| Intercontinental Drifting Cup | Individuals | 2017 | James Deane (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| Formula E | Individuals | 2014 | Jake Dennis (2022–23)
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2023–24 | Annual | ||
| FIA International Hill Climb Cup | Closed cars | 2000 |  Dan Michl (2023)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| Competition Cars | Sebastien Petit (2023)
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| R-GT Cup | Individuals | 2015 | Pierre Ragues (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| World Rallycross Championship | RX1 | 2014 | Johan Kristoffersson (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| RX2e | Guillaume De Ridder (2021)
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| Bull riding | PBR Global Cup | Nations | 2017 |  USA (2022)
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Defunct | Annual | Discontinued after 2022 |
| PBR World Cup | Nations | 2007 |  Brazil (2010)
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Defunct | Annual | Discontinued after 2010 | |
| Gliding | FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships | Individuals | 1985 |  Ferenc Tóth (2018)
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2019 | Annual | |
| Nations |  (2018)
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| World Gliding Championships | Individuals | 1937 | Winners in 6 classes (2018) | 2020 | Biennial | The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition. | |
| Paragliding | Paragliding World Cup | Individual | 1992 | Winners in 5 competitions (2016) | 2017–18 | Annual | |
| Motorcycling | FIM MotoGP World Championship | MotoE Individual | 2019 |  Mattia Casadei (2023)
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2023 | Annual | |
| Moto3 Individual | 2012 |  Izan Guevara (2022)
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Until 2012 as 125cc | ||||
| Moto2 Individual | 2010 | Augusto Fernández (2022)
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Until 2010 as 250cc | ||||
| MotoGP Individual | 2002 | Francesco Bagnaia (2022)
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Until 2002 as 500cc | ||||
| Moto3 Constructor | 2012 | Gas Gas (2018) | 2023 | Annual | |||
| Moto2 Constructor | 2010 | Kalex (2022) | |||||
| MotoGP Constructor | 2002 | Ducati (2022) | |||||
| Supercross World Championship | Individuals | 2003 | Jason Anderson (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Motocross World Championship | MX2 Individual | 2003 | Jorge Prado Garcia (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| MXGP Individual | 2003 | Jeffrey Herlings (2018)
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| MX2 Constructor | 2003 | KTM (2018) | 2019 | Annual | |||
| MXGP Constructor | 2003 | KTM (2018) | |||||
| FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship | Riders | 1999 | Matthias Walkner (2021)
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Defunct | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 1999 | KTM (2021)
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| World Rally-Raid Championship | Riders | 2022 | Sam Sunderland (2022)
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2022 | Annual | Co-sanctioned with FIA; replaced Cross-Country Rallies World Championship | |
| Manufacturers | 2022 | Monster Energy Honda (2022)
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| FIM Bajas World Cup | Riders | 2012 | Martin Michek (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 2012 | KTM (2021)
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| FIM World Enduro Championship | E3 | 2004 | Steve Holcombe (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| E2 | 2004 | Eero Remes (2018)
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| E1 | 2004 | Brad Freeman (2018)
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| FIM sidecarcross World Championship | Pairs | 1980 | Jan Hendrickx Ben van den Bogaart (2016) |
2017 | Annual | ||
| Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001) |
National Team | 1960 | Poland (2017) | 2018 | Annual | ||
| Speedway World Pairs Championship | National pair | 1970 | Sweden (1993) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1993 | |
| Individual Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995) |
Individuals | 1936 |  Bartosz Zmarzlik (2020)[1]
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Individual Ice Racing World Championship | Individuals[2] | 1966 | Dmitry Koltakov (2017) | 2018 | Annual | ||
| Team Ice Racing World Championship | Nations | 1979 | Russia (2017) | 2018 | Annual | ||
| Sidecar World Championship | Pairs | 1949 | Ben Birchall (driver) & Tom Birchall (passenger) (2018) |
2019 | Annual | ||
| Endurance FIM World Championship | Team | 1975 | F.C.C TSR Honda France (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Superbike World Championship | Individuals | 1988 | Jonathan Rea (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Kawasaki (2018) | ||||||
| Supersport World Championship | Individuals | 1999 | Sandro Cortese (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Yamaha (2018) | ||||||
| FIM Superstock 1000 Championship | Individuals | 2000 | Markus Reiterberger (2018)
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Defunct | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | BMW S1000RR (2018) | ||||||
| Practical shooting | IPSC Handgun World Shoots | Individuals | 1975 | Ben Stoeger (2017)
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2020 | Triennial | Winner(s) of largest division(s) |
| Teams | United States Production Team (2014) Simon Racaza, Ben Stoeger, Matthew Mink | Defunct | |||||
| IPSC Rifle World Shoots | Individuals | 2017 | Teemu Rintala | 2019 | |||
| Teams | Finland Open Team (2017) Teemu Rintala, Raine Peltokoski, Jarkko Laukia, Kim Leppänen | ||||||
| IPSC Shotgun World Shoots | Individuals | 2012 | Josh Froelich (2018)
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2021 | |||
| Teams | Russia Standard Team (2018) Roman Anikin, Roman Khalitov, Sergey Orlov Oleg Kudryavtsev | ||||||
| IPSC Action Air World Shoots | Individuals | 2018 |  Chun Ki Wu (2018)
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2021 | |||
| Teams | Hong Kong (2018)
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| Motorboat racing | F1 Powerboat World Championship | Individual | 1981 | Shaun Torrente (2022)
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2023 | Annual | 2020 Season got cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Motorboat (Jet Ski) | Aquabike World Championship (powerboating) | Individual | 1996 | Marcus Jorgensen (Runabout GP1) 2022
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2023 | Annual | 2020 Season was made of only one GP as all the remaining GP were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Sailing | Class World Championships | Individuals and Teams | Annual | The majority of sailing 100+ Annual World Championships are none gender specific |
Male world championship titles
[edit]| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aikido | Aikido World Championships | Individuals | 1989 | Ikeda Hiroki (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | |
| Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Individuals | 1931 | Winners in 6 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals | 1967 |  Marco Odermatt (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Nations | Switzerland (2023–24)
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| World Para Alpine Skiing Championships | Individuals | 1972 | Several winners in Alpine and Nordic (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| American football | IFAF World Championship | Nations | 1999 | United States (2015)
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2025 | Quadrennial | Not held in 2019 |
| Aquatics | FINA World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Most medals:  China (2024)
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2025 | Biennial | |
| World Diving Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in 5 events (2025) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| FINA Diving World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Most medals: China (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | ||
| World Aquatics Swimming World Cup | Individuals | 1988-89 | Qin Haiyang (2023)
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2024 | Annual | ||
| FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Most medals: United States (2022)
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2024 | Biennial | ||
| FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations | 1979 | Spain (2023)
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2026 | Quadrennial | Biennially until 2002 | |
| FINA Water Polo World Championship | Nations | 1973 |  Croatia (2024)
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2025 | Biennial | Biennially since 2001 | |
| World Para Swimming Championships | Individuals | 1990 | Most medals: Italy (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | ||
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1931 |  Mete Gazoz (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | |
| Individual compound | 1995 |  Ojas Pravin Deotale (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | |||
| Team recurve | 1931 |  South Korea (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | |||
| Team compound | 1995 | Poland (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | |||
| World Indoor Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1991 | Sjef van den Berg (2018)
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Defunct | Biennial | ||
| Team recurve | Netherlands (2018)
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| Individual compound | Mike Schloesser (2018)
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| Team compound | United States (2018)
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| Archery World Cup | Individual recurve | 2006 | Marcus D'almeida (2023)
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2024 | Annual | ||
| Individual compound |  Mathias Fullerton (2023)
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| World Field Archery Championships | Individual | 1969 | (2022) | 2024 | Biennial | ||
| World 3D Archery Championships | Individual | 2003 | (2022) | 2024 | Biennial | ||
| World Para Archery Championship | Individual | 1998 | (2022) | 2024 | Biennial | ||
| Artistic roller skating | Artistic Skating World Championships | Individuals | 1980 | (2023) | 2024 | Annual | Not held in 2020 |
| Athletics | World Athletics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Most medals: United States (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | 1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993 |
| IAAF Continental Cup | Continents | 2010 | United States (2018)
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Defunct | Quadrennial | ||
| World Athletics Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | United States (2024)
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2025 | Biennial | ||
| World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Individuals | 1973 |  Joshua Cheptegei (2019)
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2022 | Biennial | ||
| Teams | Uganda (2019)
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| Skyrunning World Championships | Individuals | 2010 | Spain (2020)
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2022 | Biennial | ||
| IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Individuals | 1992 |  Geoffrey Kipsang (2018)
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2022 | Biennial | Annually until 2010 | |
| Team | 1992 |  Ethiopia (2018)
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| IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Individual 20 km | 1961 | Kōki Ikeda (2018)
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2022 | Biennial | ||
| Team 20 km | (2018)
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| Individual 50 km | Hirooki Arai (2018)
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| Team 50 km | (2018)
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| IAU 50 km World Championships | Individuals | 2005 | (2023) | Annual | 2017, 2018 Not held | ||
| IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals | 1987 | (2022) | Annual | |||
| IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals | 2001 | (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| Teams | 2003 | (2023) | |||||
| IAAF World Marathon Cup | Individuals | 1985 | 2011 | Defunct | Biennial | ||
| World Athletics Relays | Nations | 2014 | Most medals: United States (2024)
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2025 | Biennial | ||
| World Para Athletics Championships | Individuals | 1994 | Winners in multiple events (2024) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| Australian rules football | Australian Football International Cup | Nations | 2002 |  Papua New Guinea (2017)
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Triennial | ||
| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Singles | 1977 |  Kunlavut Vitidsarn (2023)
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2025 | Annual | Annually since 2006; Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Doubles | Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae (2023)
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| Thomas Cup | Nations | 1949 | China (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | Since 1984, it has been held concurrently with the women's Uber Cup. Most wins:  Indonesia 14, China 11,  Malaysia 5
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| BWF Para-Badminton World Championships | Individuals and Doubles | 1998 | Winners in 10 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| Ball Hockey | Ball Hockey World Championship | Nations | 1996 |  Canada (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Bandy | Bandy World Championship | Nations | 1957 | Sweden (2023)
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2025 | Annual | The second Bandy WCs were held in 1961; from that point, the championships were held biennially until 2003; and annually ever since. |
| Baseball | World Baseball Classic | Nations | 2006 | Japan (2023)
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2026 | Triennial | Started in 1938 (as IBAF Baseball World Cup); Restarted in 2006; the first two of these modern WBCs (MLB approved and sanctioned by WBSC) were separated by three years (2006, 2009); moved to quadrennially until 2017. 2021 postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins: Japan 3,  Dominican Republic and United States 1
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| Baseball World Cup | Nations | 1938 | Netherlands (2011)
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Defunct | Biennial until 2011 | ||
| WBSC Premier12 | Nations | 2015 | Japan (2019)
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2024 | Quadrennial | ||
| Baseball5 | Baseball5 World Cup | Nations | 2024 |  Cuba (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Basketball | FIBA Basketball World Cup | Nations | 1950 | Germany (2023)
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2027 | Quadrennial | Following the 2014 edition, the FIBA Basketball World Cup (but not the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) has been reset on a new quadrennial cycle. The 2014 (men's) World Cup will be followed by the 2019 World Cup, avoiding conflict with the FIFA World Cup. Most wins: United States 5,  Yugoslavia 5,  Soviet Union 3
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| FIBA 3x3 World Cup | Nations | 2012 |  Serbia (2023)
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2025 | Annual | Biennial until 2016 | |
| FIBA Intercontinental Cup | Clubs | 1966 | Unicaja (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Beach handball | World Men's Beach Handball Championship | Nations | 2004 | Croatia (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Beach soccer | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Nations | 2005 | Brazil (2024)
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2025 | Biennial | Most wins: Brazil 6, Russia 3,  Portugal 2
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| Beach volleyball | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships | Nations | 1997 | Perušič – Schweiner (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Sprint 10 km | 1974 |  Sturla Holm Lægreid (2024)
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2025 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic Years |
| Pursuit 12.5 km | 1997 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (2024)
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| Mass start 15 km | 1999 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (2024)
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| Individual 20 km | 1958 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (2024)
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| Relay 4x7.5 km | 1966 | Sweden (2024)
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| Summer Biathlon World Championships | Individuals | 1996 | Czech Republic (2021)
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2022 | Annual | Cancelled in 2020 | |
| Biathlon World Cup | Individuals overall | 1977 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (2020–21)
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2021–22 | Annual | ||
| Nations | 2000–01 | Norway (2020–21)
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2021–22 | Annual | |||
| Billiards | WPA World Eight-ball Championship | Individuals | 2004 | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (2022)
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2023 | Annual | |
| WPA World Blackball Championship | Individuals | 2006 |  Senzo Gumede (2022)
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2022 | Biennial | ||
| WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals | 1990 | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| WPA World Ten-ball Championship | Individuals | 2008 | Wojciech Szewczyk (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| World Billiards Championship (English billiards) | Individuals | 1870 |  David Causier (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| IBSF World Billiards Championship (English billiards) | Individuals | 1926 | Pankaj Advani (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| World Straight Pool Championship | Individuals | 1912 | Oliver Ortmann (2010)
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Defunct | Annual | ||
| WPA World Artistic Pool Championship | Individuals | 2000 |  Chi-Ming Lin (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| World Cup of Pool | Individuals | 2006 | David Alcaide&Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| Bobsleigh | IBSF World Championships | Four man | 1930 | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller Thorsten Margis (2021) |
2022 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years. |
| Two man | 1931 | Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller (2021) | |||||
| IBSF Para Sport World Championship | Nations | 2016 | (2021) | 2023 | Annual | ||
| Bowling (ten-pin) | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships | Nations | 1954 | Most medals: (2021)
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2022 | Annual | Biennially until 2010 |
| QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup | Individuals | 1965 | François Louw (2019)
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2021 | Annual | ||
| Bowls | World Bowls Championship | Individuals and Teams | 1966 | Winners in 5 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| World Indoor Bowls Championships | Singles | 1979 | Les Gillett (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| Pairs | Stuart Anderson, Darren Burnett (2022)
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| Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals | 1974 | Winners in 13 weight classes (2021) | 2023 | Biennial | |
| Boxing World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | (2020) | 2022 | 2020 resume take place | ||
| Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals | 1938 | Winners in 8 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Individuals and Teams | 1949 | Winners in 5 events (2023) | 2025 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years | |
| Canoe Slalom World Cup | C-1 | 1988 | Denis Gargaud Chanut (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| C-2 | 1988 | 2021 not take place | |||||
| K-1 | 1988 | Vít Přindiš (2021)
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| Extreme slalom | 1988 | Vít Přindiš (2021)
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| Wildwater Canoeing World Cup | Individuals | 1989 | (2019) | 2021 | Annual | ||
| ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations | 1994 | Germany (2018)
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2022 | Biennial | ||
| ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships | teams | 1988 | Hungary (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| Wildwater Canoeing World Championships | teams | 1959 | France (2021)
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2023 | Biennual | ||
| Carom Sports (Billiards) |
World three-cushion billiards championship | Individuals | 1928 | Dick Jaspers (2021)
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2022 | Annual | |
| Teams | 1981 | Murat Naci Çoklu/Lütfi Çenet (2019)
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| Three-Cushion World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Not Awarded (2021) | 2022 | Annual total 7 competitions | ||
| World Five-pins Championship | Individuals | 1965 |  Alejandro Martinotti (2017)
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TBA | |||
| World Championship 5 Pins National Teams | Teams | 2019 | Italy (2019)
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TBA | |||
| Artistic Billiards World Championship | Individuals | 1937 | Turkey (2012)
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Defunct | |||
| Climbing | IFSC Climbing World Championships | Lead | 1991 | Jakob Schubert (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | |
| Bouldering | 2001 | Mickaël Mawem (2023)
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| Speed | 1991 | Matteo Zurloni (2023)
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| Combined | 2012 | Jakob Schubert (2023)
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| IFSC Climbing World Cup | Lead | 1989 | Sorato Anraku (2023)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| Bouldering | 1999 | Sorato Anraku (2023)
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| Speed | 1998 | Veddriq Leonardo (2023)
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| Cricket | ICC Cricket World Cup (ODI format) | Nations | 1975 | Australia (2023)
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2027 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Australia 6,  West Indies 2, India 2,  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka, England 1 each
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| ICC Men's T20 World Cup (T20I format) | Nations | 2007 | India (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | Changed from odd-numbered years (2007–2009) to even-numbered years (2010–2016). Biennial until 2016. Quadrennial since 2016. Biennial since 2022. Most wins: India 2, West Indies 2, England 2, multiple countries 1
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| ICC World Test Championship (Test format) | Nations | 2019–21 | Australia (2021-23)
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2023-25 | Biennial[a] | 2 year league format concluding with the final | |
| Indoor Cricket World Cup | Nations | 1995 | South Africa (2019)
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2021 | Biennial | ||
| ICC Champions Trophy | Nations | 1998 | Pakistan (2017)
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2025 | Quadrennial | Biennial until 2017. Quadrennial since 2025. | |
| Blind Cricket World Cup | Nations | 1998 | India (2018)
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2022 | Quadrennial | ||
| Blind T20 World Cup | Nations | 2012 | India (2017)
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2022 | once in five years | ||
| Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals and Teams | 1925 | Winners in 6 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| World Para Nordic Skiing Championships | Individuals | 1974 | Winners in 19 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| FIS Cross-Country World Cup | Individuals | 1973–74 | Harald Østberg Amundsen (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations | 1959 | Sweden (2024)
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2025 | Annual | 2020 cancellation |
| Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race | 1927 | Remco Evenepoel (2022)
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2023 | Annual | |
| Time trial | 1994 | Tobias Foss (2022)
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| Team time trial (trade teams) | 2012 | Quick-Step Floors (2018)
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Defunct | Annual | |||
| Team time trial (nations) | 1962 | Italy (1994)[3]
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Defunct | Annual | |||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals | 1950 | Tom Pidcock (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country | 1990 | Nino Schurter (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| Downhill | 1990 | Loïc Bruni (2022)
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| Four cross | 2002 | Tomáš Slavík (2021)
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| UCI Mountain Bike World Cup | Individuals | 1990 | Mathias Flückiger (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Freestyle BMX | Flatland: Matthias Dandois Park: Logan Martin(2021) |
2021 | Annual | |||
| Cross-country eliminator | 2012 | 2021 Not Take Place | |||||
| Trials 20-inch | 1992 | 2021 Not Take Place | |||||
| Trials 26-inch | 1995 | 2021 Not Take Place | |||||
| UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals and nations | 1893 | Winners in 22 events (2021); Most medals:
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2022 | Annual | ||
| UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships | Individuals | 2003 | Andreas Seewald (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| UCI Trials World Championships | Individuals | 1986 | Men's trials, 20 inch: Borja Conejos Men's trials, 26 inch: Jack Carthy (2021) |
2022 | Annual | ||
| UCI BMX World Championships | Individuals | 1982 | Niek Kimmann (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships | Individuals | 1956 | Lukas Kohl (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup | Individuals and nations | 1993 | Poland (2019–20)
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2021 | Annual | ||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup | Individuals | 1993–94 | Wout van Aert (2020–21)
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2021–22 | Annual | ||
| UCI BMX Supercross World Cup | Individuals | 2010 | Simon Marquart (2021)
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2022 | Annual | ||
| Darts | |||||||
| BDO World Darts Championship | Individuals | 1978 |  Wayne Warren (2020)
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2021 | Defunct | Replaced by WDF World Darts Championship | |
| WDF World Darts Championship | Individuals | 2022 | Andy Baetens (2023)
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2024 | Annual | ||
| PDC World Darts Championship | Individuals | 1994 |  Luke Humphries
(2024) |
2025 | Annual | Most wins: Phil Taylor 14, Michael van Gerwen 3, Gary Anderson 2
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| PDC World Cup of Darts | Doubles | 2010 | (Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton) (2023)
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2024 | Annual | Most wins: England 4, Netherlands 4, Wales 2
| |
| Dodgeball | Dodgeball World Championship | Nations - Foam | 2012 | USA | 2026 | Biennial | |
| Nations - Cloth | 2019 | Austria | 2026 | Biennial | |||
| Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Individuals and Teams | 1921 | Winners in 6 events (2023) | 2025 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years |
| Fencing World Cup | Individuals and Nations | 1972 | (2019–20) | 2020–21 | Annual | ||
| Field hockey | FIH Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1971 | Germany (2023)
|
2026 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Pakistan 4, Netherlands 3, Australia 3, Germany 3
|
| Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations | 2003 | Austria (2023)
|
2025 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Germany 3, Austria 2, Netherlands 1
| |
| FIH Men's Hockey5s World Cup | Nations | 2024 | Netherlands (2024)
|
2024 | |||
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals | 1896 | Shoma Uno (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |
| Finswimming | Finswimming World Championships | Individuals | 1976 | Russian Underwater Federation (2021) | 2023 | Biennial | |
| Fistball | Fistball World Championships | Nations | 1968 | Germany (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | |
| Flag football | IFAF Flag Football World Championship | Nations | 2002 | United States (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Floorball | World Floorball Championships | Nations | 1996 | Sweden (2022)
|
2024 | Biennial | |
| Freediving | AIDA World Championship | Individuals | 2005 | (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Team | 1996 | (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | |||
| Freerunning & Parkour | World Parkour Championship | Individuals | 2022 | 2022 | |||
| Freestyle Skiing | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | Individuals | 1986 | Winners in 7 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Football | FIFA World Cup | Nations | 1930 | Argentina (2022)
|
2026 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Brazil 5, Germany 4, Italy 4
|
| FIFA Club World Cup | Clubs | 2000 | Manchester City (2023)
|
2025 | Quadrennial | Quadrennial since 2025, Most wins: Real Madrid 5, Barcelona 3, Corinthians 2, Bayern Munich 2
| |
| Futsal | FIFA Futsal World Cup | Nations | 1989 | Brazil (2024)
|
2028 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Brazil 6, Spain 2, Argentina 1, Portugal 1
|
| AMF Futsal World Cup | Nations | 1982 |  Paraguay (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | Originally a triennial event, held quadrennially after 2003 | |
| Golf | Mission Hills World Cup | Nations | 1953 | Belgium (2018)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| World Golf Championships | WGC Championship | 1999 | Collin Morikawa (2021)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| WGC Match Play | 1999 | Sam Burns (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |||
| WGC Invitational | 1999 |  Abraham Ancer (2021)
|
Defunct | Annual | |||
| WGC-HSBC Champions | 1999 |  Rory McIlroy (2019)
|
2022 | Annual | |||
| Gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals & Teams | 1903 | China (2021)
|
2022 | Annual | Not held in Olympic Years |
| Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | Individual & Teams | 1964 | Individual: Yan Langyu Teams: Russian Gymnastics Federation (2021) |
2022 | Biennial | ||
| Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Pair and Group | 1974 | Russian Gymnastics Federation (2020) | 2022 | Biennial | ||
| Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals | 1995 | Russian Gymnastics Federation (2021) | 2022 | Biennial | ||
| Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals | 1975 | (2021) | 2022 | Annual | ||
| Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals | 1983 | (2021) | 2022 | Annual | ||
| Trampoline World Cup | Individuals | 2008 | (2021) | 2022 | Annual | ||
| Handball | IHF World Men's Handball Championship | Nations | 1938 | Denmark (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | Most wins: France 6, Sweden 4,  Romania 4
|
| IHF Super Globe | Clubs | 1997 | Veszprém (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Ice Climbing | UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup | Individuals | 2000 | (2023) | 2024 | Annual | |
| UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships | Individuals | 2002 | (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| Ice hockey | IIHF World Championship | Nations | 1920 | Czech Republic (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II. Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins: Canada 28, Soviet Union and Russia 27, Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic 13, Sweden 11
|
| World Para Ice Hockey Championships | Nations | 1996 | PoolA: United States (2021) PoolB: Russia (2019)PoolC: China (2018)
|
Annual | |||
| World Cup of Hockey | Nations | 1976 (as Canada Cup) | Canada (2016)
|
Unknown | Quadrennial | ||
| Inline hockey | IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship | Nations | 1996 | United States (2017)
|
Defunct | Annual | The IIHF cancelled the championship in 2019 and can no longer govern inline hockey.[4] |
| FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships | Nations | 1995 | United States (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Indoor Soccer | WMF World Cup | Nations | 2015 | Romania (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Judo | World Judo Championships | Individuals | 1956 | Japan (2021)
|
2023 | Annual | |
| Kabaddi | IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style) | Nations | 2004 | India (2016)
|
|||
| IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) | Nations | 2010 | Pakistan (2020)
|
||||
| Karate | Karate World Championships | Individuals & Teams | 1970 | Winners in 8 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Kickboxing | W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships | Individuals | 1978 | Winners in various weight classes (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Lacrosse | World Lacrosse Championship | Nations | 1967 | United States (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | |
| World Lacrosse Box Championships | Nations | 2003 | Canada (2024)
|
2028 | Quadrennial | ||
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Men's singles | 1955 | Max Langenhan (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Men's doubles | 1955 | Juri Gatt Riccardo Schöpf (2024)
|
|||||
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Men's singles | 1979 | Alex Gruber (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| Men's doubles | 1979 | Patrick Lambacher Matthias Lambacher (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |||
| Modern pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Individual | 1949 | Csaba Bőhm (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Team | 1949 | Hungary (2024)
|
|||||
| Relay | 2004 | South Korea (2024)
|
|||||
| Modern Pentathlon World Cup | Individuals | 1999 | Winners in 5 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Mountain and Trail running | World Mountain and Trail Running Championships | Individuals | 2021 | Winners in 10 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| World Mountain Running Championships | Individuals | 1985 | Joseph Gray (2019)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| IAU Trail World Championships | Individuals | 2007 | Jonathan Albon (2019)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Nordic Combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nation | 1925 | Winners in 3 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| FIS Nordic Combined World Cup | Individuals | 1983–84 | Jarl Magnus Riiber (2023–24)
|
2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 1966 | Winners in 2 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 |
| Orienteering World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Kasper Fosser (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually | |
| World Ski Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 1975 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 2002 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| World Trail Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 2004 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Padel tennis | Padel Tennis World Championship | Nations | 1992 | Argentina (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Pickleball | World Pickleball Championships | Nations | 2019 | (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Polo | World Polo Championship | Nations | 1987 | Spain (2022)
|
2026 | Triennial | Most wins: Argentina 5, Brazil 3,  Chile 2
|
| Powerlifting | World Powerlifting Championship | Individuals | 2011 | Winners in various weight classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Racquetball | Racquetball World Championships | Nations | 1981 | Daniel de la Rosa (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Teams | 1992 |  Timmo Tammemäe & Sander Linnus (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Roll Ball | Roll Ball World Cup | Nations | 2011 | Kenya (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Roller derby | Men's Roller Derby World Cup | Teams | 2014 | United States (2018)
|
2022 | Biennial | |
| Roller hockey | Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1936 | Spain (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | Current FIRS cups restarted in 1958 |
| Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup | Clubs | 1983 | FC Barcelona (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | ||
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations | 1962 | Winners in 3 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years |
| World Rowing Cup | Nations | 1997 | Winners in varying numbers of events per stage (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Three stages | |
| World Indoor Rowing Championships | Individual and teams | 2018 | Winners in 6 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Rugby league | Rugby League World Cup | Nations | 1954 | Australia (2021)
|
2026 | Quadrennial | Quadrennial after 2013, Most wins: Australia 12, Great Britain 3,  New Zealand 1
|
| Rugby union | Rugby World Cup | Nations | 1987 | South Africa (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | Most wins: South Africa 4, New Zealand 3, Australia 2, England 1
|
| Rugby sevens | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations | 1993 |  Fiji (2022)
|
2026 | Quadrennial | In June 2013, World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) announced that it had reconsidered a previous decision to scrap the Rugby World Cup Sevens. After 2013, the next event will be in 2018, and will be held quadrennially afterwards.[5] |
| Sailing | World championships in sailing | Individuals and Pairs | N/A | N/A | N/A | Multiple Annual | Sailing hold multiple male only events See Here mainly in the Olympic discipline |
| Sambo | World Sambo Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in various weight classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Sepak Takraw | ISTAF World Cup | Nations | 2011 | Thailand (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1897 | Winners in 28 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| ISSF World Shotgun Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1934 | Winners in 4 events (2022) | 2023 | Biennial | ||
| World Running Target Championships | Individuals & Team | 1961 | (Winners in 10 events) (2022) | 2024 | Quadrennial | ||
| ISSF World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | China (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Skateboarding | World Skateboarding Championship | Park | 2016 | Augusto Akio (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Street | 2010 | Toa Sasaki (2024)
|
2025 | ||||
| Skeleton | IBSF World Championships | Individual | 1982 | Christopher Grotheer (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| Skeleton World Cup | Individual | 1986–87 | Matt Weston (2023–24)
|
2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals & Teams | 1962 | Winners in 3 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| FIS Ski Flying World Championships | Individuals | 1972 | Stefan Kraft (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| National Team | 2004 |  Slovenia (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |||
| FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Stefan Kraft (2023–24)
|
2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Snooker | World Snooker Championship | Individuals | 1927 | Kyren Wilson (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | This championship is open to both sexes, but no woman has ever won the event.[6] Most wins in modern era: Stephen Hendry 7, Steve Davis 6, Ronnie O'Sullivan 7
|
| IBSF World Snooker Championship | Individuals | 1963 | Muhammad Asif (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship | |
| Six-red World Championship | Individuals | 2008 | Ding Junhui (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | ||
| Snooker World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | John Higgins&Stephen Maguire (2019)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Individuals | 1996 | Winners in 6 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| FIS Snowboard World Cup | Individuals | 1994 | Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24) | 2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Softball | Men's Softball World Cup | Nations | 1966 | Australia (2022)
|
2025 | Triennial | Quadrennially from 1970 to 2010, biennially till 2019, now triennially |
| Speed skating | World Allround Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1889 | Jordan Stolz (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1970 | Ning Zhongyan (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| World Single Distance Championships | Individuals and Teams | 1996 | Winners in 8 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held | |
| World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | Individuals and Teams | 1976 | Winners in 4 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Although the International Skating Union did not conduct an official World Short Track Championship until 1981, it began organising international events in 1976. All annual ISU-sanctioned international championships from 1976 to 1980 are now retrospectively recognised as World Championships | |
| World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships | Nations | 1991 | South Korea (2011)
|
Defunct | Annual | Discontinued after 2011 | |
| Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals | 1976 |  Diego Elías (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| World International Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles teams | 1997 | Elliott Lowe & Raphael Segal (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations | 1967 |  Egypt (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | 2021 Championship cancelled | |
| Sumo | Sumo World Championships | Openweight | 1992 | Winners in various weight classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Surfing | World Surfing Games | Individuals & Team | 1964 | Gabriel Medina (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Singles | 1926 | Fan Zhendong (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Doubles | Wang Chuqin & Fan Zhendong (2023)
|
||||||
| World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations | 1926 | China (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in 8 weight classes (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Nations | South Korea (2023)
|
||||||
| World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships | Teams | 2006 |  Iran (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| Tchoukball | World Tchoukball Championship | Nations | 1971 | Chinese Taipei (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | |
| Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Men's singles | 2017 | Adrian Duszak (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |
| Men's doubles | 2017 | Csaba Banyik / Balázs Katz (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |||
| Tennis | Davis Cup | Nations | 1900 | Italy (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | Note: The Davis Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. Only the teams in the World Group actually compete for the Davis Cup proper; other teams play to (eventually) reach the World Group. Most wins: United States 32, Australia 28, France 10
|
| World Team Cup | Nations | 1978 | Serbia (2012)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Triathlon | World Triathlon Championship Series | Individuals | 2009 | Alex Yee (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| World Triathlon Long Distance Championships | Individuals | 1994 | Antonio Benito (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Duathlon Championships | Individuals | 1990 | Javier Martín (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships | Individuals | 1997 | Émile Blondel-Hermant (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships | Individuals | 1998 | Kevin Viñuela (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Winter Championships | Individuals | 1997 | Franco Pesavento (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Cross Championships | Individuals | 2011 | Michele Bonacina (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Ironman World Championship | Individuals | 1978 | Patrick Lange (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Individuals | 2006 | Rico Bogen (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | ||
| Volleyball | FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship | Nations | 1949 | Italy (2022)
|
2025 | Biennial | Most wins: Soviet Union 6, Italy 4, Brazil 3, Poland 3
|
| FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup | Nations | 1965 | Brazil (2019)
|
Defunct | Quadrennial | Most wins: Soviet Union and Russia 6, Brazil 3, United States 2
| |
| FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup | Nations | 1993 | Brazil (2017)
|
Defunct | Quadrennial | ||
| FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League | Nations | 2018 | France (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017) | |
| FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship | Clubs | 1989 | Sir Sicoma Perugia (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | ||
| Wakeboarding | World Wakeboard Championship | Individuals | 1994 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Water skiing | Water Ski World Championships | Individuals | 1949 | Frederick Winter (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Weightlifting | World Weightlifting Championships | Individuals | 1891 | Winners in 10 weight classes (2023) | 2024 | Annual | |
| Windsurfing | Windsurfing World Championships | Individuals | 1980 | Lars Kleppich (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |
| Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals | 1904 | Winners in 8 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years |
| Wrestling World Cup (freestyle) | Nations | 1973 | United States (2022)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman) | Nations | 1980 | Iran (2022)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Wushu | World Wushu Championships | Individuals | 1991 | Winners in 22 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial |
- ^ only for final match
Female world championship titles
[edit]
Mixed-sex world championship titles
[edit]| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatic | FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | 4×50 m Mixed freestyle relay | 1993 | France (2022)
|
2024 | Biennial | |
| 4×50 m Mixed medley relay | 1993 | United States (2022)
|
2024 | Biennial | |||
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Team recurve male – female pair |
1931 | South Korea (2021)
|
2023 | Biennial | |
| Team compound male – female pair |
1995 |  Colombia (2021)
|
2023 | Biennial | |||
| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Mixed Doubles | 1977 | Seo Seung-jae & Chae Yoo-jung (2023)
|
2025 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Sudirman Cup | Nations | 1989 | China (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| BWF Para-Badminton World Championships | Mixed Doubles | 1998 | Winners in 3 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| Basketball | FIBA 3x3 World Championships | National teams of two men and two women |
2012 | France (2012)
|
Defunct | Three players are on the court at any one time | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | 4 × 7.5 km M+W relay | 2005 | Norway (2021)
|
2023 | Annual | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years |
| 6 km M + 7.5 km W single relay | 2021 | France (2021)
|
2023 | Annual | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years | ||
| Bowls | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Mixed Pairs | 2004 | Paul Foster,  Alison Merrien (2022)
|
2023 | Annual | |
| Cheerleading | The Cheerleading Worlds | Mixed teams | GymTyme All-Stars Chrome (2021) | 2022 | Annual | ||
| Cycling | UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country Team relay | 1999 | France (2021)
|
2022 | Annual | |
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Team trials | 1999 | (2019) | 2021 | Annual | ||
| Curling | World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | National mixed teams male – female pair |
2008 | Sweden (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | 2020 cancellation |
| World Mixed Curling Championship | National mixed teams (4 players) | 2015 | Sweden (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | 2020–2022 championships were cancelled | |
| World Wheelchair Curling Championship | National mixed teams (5 players) | 2002 | Norway (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | 2021 was postponed to October | |
| World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | National mixed teams (2 players) | 2022 | South Korea (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Inaugural event pushed from 2021 to 2022 | |
| Diving | World Diving Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in 5 events (2019) | 2022 | Biennial | |
| Dodgeball | Dodgeball World Championship | Nations - Foam | 2016 | Canada | 2026 | Biennial | |
| Nations - Cloth | 2022 | Austria | 2026 | Biennial | |||
| Equestrian | Dressage World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (2021–22)
|
2022–23 | Annual | |
| Driving World Championships | Teams and Individuals | 1972 | Boyd Exell (individual, 2022) Netherlands (team, 2022)
|
2024 | Biennial | ||
| Mounted Games World Individual Championships | Individuals | 1986 | Colin Verdelhan (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| Mounted Games World Pairs Championships | Pairs | 1992 | Jake O'Connor Craig O'Connor (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| Mounted Games World Team Championships | Team | 1986 | England (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| Show Jumping World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Steve Guerdat (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| FEI Endurance World Championship | Individuals | (2018) | 2021 | Biennial | |||
| Flying disc | WFDF World Overall Championships | Individuals | (2019) | Annual | |||
| WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championship | Individuals | (2019) | 2020 | Annual | |||
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | National pairs male – female pair from the same nation |
1908 | (FSR) Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov (2022) | 2023 | Annual | |
| Ice Dance male – female pair from the same nation |
1952 | (FSR) Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov (2022) | 2023 | ||||
| Gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Teams | 2016 | (RGF) (2021) | 2023 | Biennial | |
| Mixed pairs | 1974 | ||||||
| Inline speed skating | World Inline speed skating Championships | Teams | 1937 | (2020)
|
2021 | Annual | |
| Korfball | IKF World Korfball Championship | 4 females and 4 males | 1978 | Netherlands
(2019) |
2023 | Quadrennial | |
| Modern Pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Mixed Relay | 2001 | South Korea (2021)
|
2022 | Annual | |
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Nations | 1989 | Austria (2021)
|
2022 | Annual | |
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Nations | 2001 | 2021 | Biennial | Not held in 2015, 2017 and 2019 | ||
| Modern Pentathlon | UIPM Biathle-Triathle World Championships | Nationals | Annika Schneider & Uli Raeth (2021)
|
2022 | Annual | ||
| Nine-pin bowling | Nine-pin bowling Single's World Championships | Mixed tandems | 2004 | Renáta Navrkalová & Jan Endršt (2018)
|
2023 | Biennial | First time held in 2004. After division of the championships, added to the Team Worlds (2005 & 2007). Since 2008 in Single's World Championships program. |
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint relay | 2014 | TBA | Annual | Not held in 2019 | |
| Pétanque | Pétanque World Championships | Nations | 2017 | Thailand (2019)
|
2022 | Biennial | |
| Quidditch | IQA World Cup | Nations | 2012 | United States
(2018) |
2022 | Biennial | Quidditch has rules based on gender, not sex, calling itself a mixed-gender sport |
| Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Nations | 1992 |  Polina Zakharova & Artem Gorodynets & Ievgenii Tsyren (2019)
|
2022 | Biennial | |
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | PR2 Mixed double sculls 1 Male & 1 Female |
2013 | Great Britain (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |
| PR3 Mixed double sculls 1 Male & 1 Female |
2013 | Australia (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |||
| PR3 Mixed coxed four 2 Male & 2 Female plus an open coxswain |
2013 | Great Britain (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |||
| World Indoor Rowing Championships | Mixed 2000 m relay 2 Male & 2 Female |
2018 | Finland Team FINLAND (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Sailing | IFDS SKUD 18 World Championship | Female or Mixed Pair | 2007 | Alexandra Rickham & Niki Birrell (2011)
|
? | Annual? | |
| Mixed Nacra 17 World Championship | Male and Female Pair | 2013 | (2019) | 2020 | Annual | ||
| Mixed Offshore Doubles World Championship | Male and Female Pair | 2021 | Annual | ||||
| Synchronized skating | ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships | Teams | 2000 | Les Suprêmes (2022)
|
2023 | Annual | |
| Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Mixed doubles | 1926 | Wang Chuqin & Sun Yingsha (2021)
|
2023 | Biennial | |
| World Para Table Tennis Championships | Mixed doubles | 1990 | Winners in 7 events (2022) | 2026 | Quadrennial | ||
| Tennis | Hopman Cup | National teams male – female pair |
1989 | Switzerland (2019)
|
Defunct | Annual | Competitions are played in traditional order: women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles |
| United Cup | National teams of men and women | 2024 | Germany (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Nations | 2017 | Csaba Bányik & Zsanett Janicsek (2021)
|
2023 | Biennial | |
| Triathlon | World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | National teams of two men and two women | 2003 | France (2019)
|
2022 | Annual |
See also
[edit]- World championship
- World cup
- List of world championships in mind sports
- List of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth
- List of multi-sport events
- List of world cups
Notes
[edit]- R. ^R – One or more relay events, in which three or four competitors compete for their nation, are included for each sex.
References
[edit]- ^ "Speedway World Championships | Official Website". Speedway World Championships. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Champions in Individual Ice Racing (motorcycle)
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